Bruce Elgort

Added to the blogroll - Theo Heselmans

Be sure and check out Theo's blog which he started a little over a month ago. Welcome to the Lotus blogosphere Theo. More ...

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Thursday, July 26th, 2007 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Kevin Pettitt - OpenNTF Project Checklist

One of the challenges of having your own OpenNTF project (SuperNTF), or for that matter doing any sort of Lotus Notes development, is how to handle new releases in an efficient manner. The first thing you have to realize is that a development database is ...

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Thursday, July 26th, 2007 | Comments (0) | Google it!

This is news to me

A Teddy Bear Story

by Gayle Elgort Bruce and I just got back from our annual stay at the Stephanie Inn in Cannon Beach.  We celebrated our first year wedding anniversary.  Although the weather was a bit "damp" to say the least, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and came back ...

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Thursday, July 26th, 2007 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Coming soon for the Lotus software community

Kevin Pettitt vs. the Jeep SUV

Kevin Pettitt just informed me that he was hit by a Jeep SUV while riding his bicycle earlier today. He broke is elbow and said he was is in a great deal of pain. Please join me in wishing Kevin a speedy ...

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Monday, July 16th, 2007 | Comments (17) | Google it!

Thoughts From a Filmmaker/Patent Clerk

By Eliza Greenwood My crew and I are making a documentary "Austin Unbound" www.austinunbound.org. The film is about a Deaf guy who is a comedian and transsexual. It has been in production for three years now. All my volunteers believe in Austin's story ...

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Monday, July 16th, 2007 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Homecoming

After shacking up with Gayle two years ago we didn't have room for my drum collection. Now that most of the garage is now in the shed we have the room for my drums. We were fortunate enough to have a friend of ours store the drums in his home. I will ...

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Monday, July 16th, 2007 | Comments (4) | Google it!

T minus 4 days

New blog on the block - LotusViralMarketing.com

Gregg Eldred and Thomas Duff have started LotusViralMarketing.com. Check it ...

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Saturday, July 14th, 2007 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Hanneke Cassel - Silver

A few weeks ago I received a copy of "Silver" the new CD from Scottish fiddler Hanneke Cassel. Hanneke is a fantastic musician who makes Scottish fiddling music appealing to a rocker like myself. Hanneke is the sister of a family friend. I have seen her ...

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Saturday, July 14th, 2007 | Comments (2) | Google it!

Blind Man Painting (and landscaping)

Well the shed is just about done. I primed and painted the whole thing by hand. The guy who built the shed liked my painting abilities and asked me if I would be interested in painting other customers sheds. My jaw almost dropped. Now you have to ...

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Friday, July 13th, 2007 | Comments (4) | Google it!

Google is scary...

At 10:21am I posted a blog entry about the Taking Notes podcast. At 10:37am my Google Alert for "Taking Notes Podcast" notifies me of the new ...

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Friday, July 13th, 2007 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Lotus Connections podcast linkage lands on Lotus.com (again)

Episode 63 of the Taking Notes podcast where we interviewed Mac Guidera about Lotus Connections is now linked to on the Lotus Connections product page. Episode 34 is also linked to from the Lotus Notes/Domino 7.0.2 product ...

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Friday, July 13th, 2007 | Comments (0) | Google it!

We want Wii Fit

What do Apple retail stores have in common with Victoria's Secret?

The Apple stores in the Portland, Oregon metro area are right next to or across from Victoria's Secret stores. Can I get a thong with that iPhone please? Has anybody else noticed this with the Apple stores in their ...

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Thursday, July 12th, 2007 | Comments (5) | Google it!

If you need to add bar charts in Lotus Notes views you need to read this

If you have ever wanted to develop bar charts in Lotus Notes client views then Chris "the man" Blatnick has a blog entry you need to read. Nice job Chris. More ...

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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 | Comments (1) | Google it!

The State of the Lotus ISV

Lately I have been thinking a lot about the state of the Lotus Notes/Domino ISV (Independent Software Vendor) space and more specifically whether there are opportunities for new ISV's to enter the market with Notes and Domino applications. To be more precise ...

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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 | Comments (44) | Google it!

Bruce E Simpson

Gayle E Simpson

Create you own here. Thanks for the link ...

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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Sizzle

The Seven Wonders of Lotus

If you had to pick seven "wonders" in the world of IBM's Lotus, which can include Lotus Notes, Domino, Sametime and Quickr what would they be? Choices may include add-on products, web sites, business partners, books, blogs or even people for that matter. ...

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Monday, July 9th, 2007 | Comments (8) | Google it!

Old school or good phone etiquette

Today Gayle and I had lunch with the CEO of a company who has asked his staff to answer the phone by saying: Hi, this is Joe from Renovations how may I provide you with excellent service today? And then when closing a call they are asked to ...

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Friday, July 6th, 2007 | Comments (17) | Google it!

Survive and Thrive - GWI Software

This morning while sipping my Dunkin Donuts coffee and smelling the remnants of fireworks sulfur in the air I turned to the Business section of the local paper and who do I see - my friend Daren Nelson the CEO of long time micro ISV GWI Software. So I then ...

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Thursday, July 5th, 2007 | Comments (5) | Google it!

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